Jewelry stand or easel.



No. 732,323. PATENTED JULY 7, 190a.

v W. B. GHRISTOPHER. I

JEWELRY STAND 0R EASBL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1902.

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JEWELRY STAND OR EASEL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 732,828, dated July 7, 1903. Application filed March 26, 1902. Serial No. 100,18. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM BEDELL CHRIS- TOPHER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, county of Hudson, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful J ewelry-Easel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in jewelry stands or easels, and comprises a device of this nature which is made of two co nplemental pieces of material which are hinged together and which have registering notches or slots, which are adapted to hold an article of jewelry for display purposes.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction and in combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully describedand then specifically defined in the appended claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view of the device opened out flat. Fig. 2 is a view showing a slight modification in the form of slots'made in the stand or easel. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the form of easel or support shown in Fig. 2 and adjusted in position to receive the article to be displayed. Fig. 4 isa detail view of the form shown in Fig.1, adjusted in position for thereception of the article to be displayed. Fig. 5 is a side view of the easel or support, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, B B designate two complemental triangular-shaped pieces of cardboard or other suitable material having a suitable covering B, which covering may if preferred, of velvet or satin in order to give a rich and showy appearance to the support, and the coverings for the two sides of the triangular-shaped pieces are brought together at their center, as at A, and may be secured in any way, preferably by an adhesive material, thus forming a hinge whereby the device maybe folded with one piece upon the other when not in use or may beheld flat, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6 of the drawings. Each of said triangular pieces B is notched, as at D, the inner ends of each notch being brought into registration, as shown clearly in the drawings, and the coverings for the pieces are also notched to register with the notches in the two pieces which are hinged together. In Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings I have shown the ends D of the notches turned at right angles for the purpose of providing means for holding a ring or other article of jewelry in the notches by engaging over the angled portions therein.

In adjusting the same in readiness to display an article of jewelry the two pieces which are hinged together are opened out into the positions illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings and the article of jewelry inserted in the notches and held thereby, thus affording a suitable display-easel for the jewelry, the faces of the two pieces which are hinged together forming an ornamental background. When the device is opened out in readiness to receive the article to be displayed, the for ward inclined edge is disposed at an angle of substantially forty-five degrees.

Having thus fully described myinvention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A folding j ewelry-display stand comprising two triangular outlinedpieces of material which are hinged together and provided with registering notches along their hinged edges adapted for the reception of an article to be displayed, as set forth.

2. A jewelry-display stand comprising two triangular pieces of material, coverings for said pieces, the two coverings being brought together intermediate the pieces and secured together forming a hinge, the meeting edges of said pieces having registering notches for the reception of an article to be displayed, as set forth.

3. A jewelry-display stand comprising two triangular outlined pieces of material, hinged together, registering notches formed in fromthe hinged edges of said pieces, the outer ends of said notches being angled to form shoulders behind which an article to be displayed is adapted to be held, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM BEDELL CHRISTOPHER.

Witnesses:

.JoHN VAN DUYNE,

BENJAMIN H. SWAYSLAND. 

